Indian markets are likely to open flat tracking mixed cues prevailing amongst Asian peers and a mixed close on the Wall Street overnight ahead of the monetary policy announcement. At the time of writing, the SGX Nifty was trading at 11,572, down by 4 points.

Bodal Chemical, the manufacturer of dye intermediates and dyestuffs, informed bourses on Tuesday that it has successfully completed expansion of dyestuff plant by 6,000 metric tonnes per annum (MTPA) and started production at Dudhwada, Taluka Padra, district Vadodara in Gujarat.

Analysis of mutual fund investments in the Indian equity market shows that large-cap stocks remained fund managers' favourite in the month of February.

The stocks that are likely to witness significant movement on the bourses on March 20 are Cox and Kings, Voltamp Transformers, Muthoot Capital Services, L&T, Mindtree and Eicher Motors.

The benchmark index BSE Sensex surprised in the last leg of trading on Tuesday with a 268 point jump. Sensex closed at 38,363.47, up by 268.40 points or 0.70 per cent and Nifty 50 closed at 11,532.40, up by 70.20 points or 0.61 per cent.

The stock of Kaveri Seeds jumped nearly 3 per on Tuesday as the company commenced corn cob drying facility in Telangana. The facility has a capacity of drying 1455 Mt corn cobs per cycle across 36 bins.

Pharma major Cadila Healthcare Limited informed the exchanges that Zydus has received the final approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) for acyclovir ointment.

Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (L&T) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the shares of Mindtree Ltd.

Sugar productions till March 15 were at 273.47 lakh tonnes as against 258.2 lakh tonnes in the corresponding period in the last sugar season representing 6 per cent growth, said a release issued by the Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA).

Following stocks are close to their 52-weeks low as at 12.49 p.m. on March 19, 2019.